Gecko: The Wedding Katerina Yannouli 28/01/2019 Renowned physical theatre company Gecko marks its debut at the Barbican with “The Wedding” as part of the line-up for this year’s London International...
Elizabeth Lucy Ashe 19/05/2018 William Tuckett is not satisfied with the version of Elizabeth I that history so often presents to us: a politician, a statesman, a demanding leader o...
Unexploded Ordnances (UXO) Jack Taylor 17/05/2018 The term ‘play’ feels almost inappropriate for this exciting new production by Split Britches, and perhaps fails to do justice to the experience of wa...
Crave Nicholas Potter 14/05/2018 Sarah Kane’s Crave is experimental theatre that abstracts feelings of craving something or someone. Cunningham and Henderson’s production takes the fo...
Pluto Katerina Yannouli 12/02/2018 The overwhelming sentiment when I left the Barbican after seeing ‘Pluto’ was: “This was amazing but I am exhausted!”. I would definitely recommend it ...
300 el x 50 el x 30 el Katerina Yannouli 02/02/2018 The Belgian collective FC Bergman has created a surreal performance that sheds a bizarre yet totally captivating light to equally bizarre lives. In a ...
LIFT OFF (Je brasse de l’air) Hannah Connell 25/01/2018 Lift Off (Je brasse de l’air) constructs a unique relationship between the human and the mechanical, drawing you directly into the heart of an immeasu...
Snow Mouse Poppy Coren [Age 4] 20/12/2017 Snow Mouse is an enchanting seasonal and festive production which is aimed at 'babies, pre-schoolers and their families'. On entering the room we were...
Coriolanus Tim Hochstrasser 12/11/2017 Coriolanus comes to the Barbican as the first instalment of the RSC’s Roman season in a transfer from Stratford. Any production of this under-performe...
to a simple, rock ‘n’ roll . . . song. Primrose MacFay 22/10/2017 Was I hallucinating long ago or did I really once see punk enfant terrible Michael Clark perform in his own show wearing big black boots, a leotard cu...